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LOUISVILLE EDUCATOR CHOICE OF KENTUCKY TEACHERS FOR PRESIDENT Meyzeek Wins Out Over Strong Outside Opposition The Kentucky Negro Educational Association which convened here last Wednesday, closed what might be regarded as the greatest session in its history last Saturday around noon. The enrollment reached 1,376, the largest in its history, representing teachers from every county in the state. The association went into its Friday session the busiest, with more features programed than any other day, after hearing splendid addresses by Mrs. Grace Evans of Terre Haute, Ind., well known society and political leader of her state, and Dr. Charles Wesley, a brilliant young teacher of Howard University who is a Louisville product. Of the several interesting features of Friday, next to the election of officers, was the spelling contest. The Election of Officers. The election of officers of the K. N. E. A. which comes as the most important of the K. N. E. A. business of that session is especially is this regarded as so by those whose interest in the organization is during the election time when some one will pay his membership of $1.00 simply for his vote for a favorite candidate. The writer has one seen and heard of many spirited elections out in few lodge, political or any other kind, have we seen as much "spirit," all kinds as in the election for the president of Kentucky's Negro Educational Association here last Friday. The affair of two years ago was nothing in comparison. Three prominent educators were candidates for the coveted honor. They were Profs. D. H. Anderson, Paducah, Ky.: W. H. Fouse, Lexington, Ky. and A. E. Meyzeek, Louisville, outstanding educators, and it was generally thought that either of the three gentlemen would act in the capacity of president with dignity and credit to the Association. and to himself, and if left to them the members of the K. N. E. A., the teachers proper could have made their choice in the most orderly and intelligent manner. But the trouble has come in allowing every Tom, Dick and Harry with $1.00 the right to vote and there is always a growing trouble when ignorance and personal feeling enters into any question. One of the candidates, and by the way the winner in the election, met a stiff opposition led by a well known business man and it is said that votes were bought and paid for in a manner that would make some political elections look like a penny with a hole in it. It is said that memberships were paid for persons to vote for a candidate in order to offset Meyzeek's popular vote among the teachers, who had perhaps never been to a K.N.E.A. session and hardly knew what the letters K.N.E.A. meant. Men were jammed in the aisles of the church during the hours of the election who had not attended another single session of the Association. They were led by business men whose only interest in the K.N.E.A. should be to pay the fee to carry on a most worthy work that business men and others not teachers, know little about, and should not meddle with. Because of the conditions as given above, and to stop further disgraces during the K.N.E.A. election, at the Saturday morning session, the constitution was revised providing for two classes of members will be persons who are teachers, principals and school supervisors, associate those who are in education. Only active members shall have a right to vote or hold office. The results of the election follow: Meykeek 174; Anderson 167; Fouse 144, A. S. Wilson was reelected secretary; J. R. Ray treasurer; W. J. Callery historian, and M. J. Sleet reporter. The Spelling Bee. The spelling bee has become one of the most attractive of the competitions among school children and school, and is looked forward to by the people of Kentucky, newspapers playing no small part in bringing about the interest that is now manifest in them. The K. N. E. A. Spelling Bee which brought together champion spellers of the city and count y schools over the state, attracted a crowd that taxed the seating and standing room of the large auditorium of Quinn Chapel long before the hour scheduled by the contest. When Prof. G. H. Brown of Louisville, in charge of the "Bee," called for those who were to compete for the State championship and the first, second and (Continued on page 8)
FATE OF BARD AND FLEMING IN HANDS OF JUDGE DAWSON
Madisonville Officials And Citizens At Petition Hearing
Arguments by John L. Grayot of the counsel representing the officials at Madisonville, Ky., and Clem Huggins for the counsel representing the petitioners for Bard and Fleming last Tuesday evening, closed the hearing before Judge Charles I. Dawson of the Federal court, on the writ of habeas corpus, to determine whether or not the two men who were sentenced to be hanged at Madisonville for an alleged assault upon a white girl, Nell Catherine Breithaupt, on April of last year (and saved at the eleventh hour by Louisville colored people, supported and cooperated with by members of the race over the state, through their attorneys, on the habeas corpus writ issued by Judge Dawson, were given a fair and impartial trial. The hearing took up the whole of Monday and Tuesday, occupied the front pages of daily newspapers and attracted hundreds to the Federal Court room - which included a greater number of colored people whose spirit is that of the thousands of good law abiding citizens of Kentucky who want to see every individual white and black given equal justice before the courts of their state, arrested, tried and sentenced through the due process of law, by officials, jury and judge who are not influenced by a people whose spirit is that of a mob, whether it is displayed in actions or not.
Never in the history of court procedure has the writer seen or heard of a more orderly crowd of [colored?] people, even though many were not able to get into the court, and we have never seen more consideration given colored people in any court than that of Judge Dawson and his court attaches which included Mr. Bridgeford Sims, well known race man, who has been connected with the court since the days of Judge Walter Evans, and on under Judge C. C. Moorman.
Cases of Harris and Merchant Support Circumstances Surrounding Bard and Fleming's Case.
The fight colored people are making that Bard and Fleming may not pay the extreme penalty for the crime charged with until they are proven guilty beyond any reasonable doubt, before as fair and impartial jury as can be had in a community where the mob spirit does not prevail, and fostered by the local N. A. A. C. P. here, with G. P. Hughes, President, Mrs. Bessie Etherly Secretary, Revs. T. Timberlake and J. B. Cox, Vice Presidents, and Dr. J. A. C. Lattimore, A. L. Garvin, W. H. Steward, Wm. Warley and I. Willis Cole, members of the ex-executive committee, and others, not based alone upon circumstances surrounding Bard and Fleming case but trials and results of them at Lexington, Ky., where Ed Harris was speeded to the gallows for an alleged assault upon a white woman, which was not proven, and of Charles Merchant for an assault upon a 11 year old colored school girl, which was not denied, but for which he was declared insane.
All Madisonville Officials and Leading Citizens Here.
The granting of the eleventh hour writ by Judge Dawson, and bringing the hearing before his court here, brought to the city and into court all the high officials of Madisonville and Hopkins county, headed by Judge Laffoon, before whom Bard and Fleming were tried, and about one hundred of the leading citizens, including lawyers, preachers, doctors, business men and a few women, including Beth Hoffman, the clerk of the court. The array of attorneys for the authorities was headed by Mayor M. K. Gordon, who shared with Charles Franklin, attorney, in an examining and cross examining the witnesses. Mayor Gordon, who has often been spoken of as a friend of the race, often referred to colored people as "niggers," not even dropping it out of his expressions out of regard for the Federal Court. This was true of Franklin and also of J. T. Gooch, the prosecuting attorney in the case who was sharply questioned by Judge Dawson as to why Stum, the young fellow who carried the girl out to the dark place at the Country Club was not called upon to identify Bard and Fleming at the proper time. Captain Barnes, another so-called friend of the race, and claiming himself a friend Attorney Walter Robinson of Hopkinsville, referred to his friend as the "nigger" Robinson, when called upon to deny that he had advised Robinson to get out of Madisonville as soon as he could that he might not be molested, etc., as testified to by Attorney Robinson, who was in Modisonville to represent the local N. A. A. C. P. in behalf of Bard and Fleming. He was accompanied by Editor William Warley who, backing up Robinson's testimony, testified that feeling was so high and general conditions were of such because the alleged offense that they found it hard to get a place to stop even among colored people; that when at one place as their identity became known, they were asked to leave by their colored friend and later advised to go to Providence for the night. The weather being bad, they finally found a place out in the city but did not make themselves known. When in the court room by a pass given them, they were advised by a deputy to leave, and with Captain Barnes in charge of the soldiers, who
(Continued on page 8)
Louisville Boy Leads A. U. Team
Frank L. Stanley who is one of the leading athletes of Atlanta University, has been chosen to captain the "Crimson Hurricane" basket-ball team for 1927-1928. Being a clean sport and a hard fighter he was the unanimous choice of his team mates. He is certain to make a good leader. The former Central High School star who came to A. U. just two years ago, is also the alternate captain of the football team. Coming to A. U. as an All State fullback from Kentucky, Stanley made the team his first year in college. For the past season he was picked in several All Southern teams and given "honorable mention" on "Fay" Young's All American. As to his basketball ability Stanley is considered one of the best guards in the South, being an exceptionally good floor man. Stanley is also playing baseball, bids fair to [being?] a three letter man. In short Stanley is just another one of those good athletes that Central High is famous for turning out.
Hartley And Board Of Education Retain Reed; Well Known Friends To The Rescue
E. E. Reed, principal of the Mary B. Talbert School who was suspended by the Board of Education after his arrest in a raid on a house on Seventh Street, with a white woman, was reinstated by Board at its last Monday night's meeting, upon the recommendation of Superintendent Hartley. There was much opposition to the continuing of Reed in the school system, but not knowing of the Monday night meeting, his opposers lost the opportunity of registering their complaint. It is said that the argument by Reed's attorney, Jackson Morris, and the affidavits by several well known citizens and friends of Reed, giving him a clean bill, was the only evidence heard, and there was nothing for the Board to do but reinstate him, with pay for the time he lost during his suspension. Many citizens are indignant over the actions of the Board, notwithstanding the circumstances, and the case is not closed, they say.
A RECORD
AutomobIle And Hundred
Dollars GIVen Away In 4 Year
Meyzeek Wins Out Over Strong Outside Opposition
MadisonvilIe Officials And Citizens At Petition Hearing

LOUISVILLE EDUCATOR CHOICE OF KENTUCKY TEACHERS FOR PRESIDENT Meyzeek Wins Out Over Strong Outside Opposition The Kentucky Negro Educational Association which convened here last Wednesday, closed what might be regarded as the greatest session in its history last Saturday around noon. The enrollment reached 1,376, the largest in its history, representing teachers from every county in the state. The association went into its Friday session the busiest, with more features programed than any other day, after hearing splendid addresses by Mrs. Grace Evans of Terre Haute, Ind., well known society and political leader of her state, and Dr. Charles Wesley, a brilliant young teacher of Howard University who is a Louisville product. Of the several interesting features of Friday, next to the election of officers, was the spelling contest. The Election of Officers. The election of officers of the K. N. E. A. which comes as the most important of the K. N. E. A. business of that session is especially is this regarded as so by those whose interest in the organization is during the election time when some one will pay his membership of $1.00 simply for his vote for a favorite candidate. The writer has one seen and heard of many spirited elections out in few lodge, political or any other kind, have we seen as much "spirit," all kinds as in the election for the president of Kentucky's Negro Educational Association here last Friday. The affair of two years ago was nothing in comparison. Three prominent educators were candidates for the coveted honor. They were Profs. D. H. Anderson, Paducah, Ky.: W. H. Fouse, Lexington, Ky. and A. E. Meyzeek, Louisville, outstanding educators, and it was generally thought that either of the three gentlemen would act in the capacity of president with dignity and credit to the Association. and to himself, and if left to them the members of the K. N. E. A., the teachers proper could have made their choice in the most orderly and intelligent manner. But the trouble has come in allowing every Tom, Dick and Harry with $1.00 the right to vote and there is always a growing trouble when ignorance and personal feeling enters into any question. One of the candidates, and by the way the winner in the election, met a stiff opposition led by a well known business man and it is said that votes were bought and paid for in a manner that would make some political elections look like a penny with a hole in it. It is said that memberships were paid for persons to vote for a candidate in order to offset Meyzeek's popular vote among the teachers, who had perhaps never been to a K.N.E.A. session and hardly knew what the letters K.N.E.A. meant. Men were jammed in the aisles of the church during the hours of the election who had not attended another single session of the Association. They were led by business men whose only interest in the K.N.E.A. should be to pay the fee to carry on a most worthy work that business men and others not teachers, know little about, and should not meddle with. Because of the conditions as given above, and to stop further disgraces during the K.N.E.A. election, at the Saturday morning session, the constitution was revised providing for two classes of members will be persons who are teachers, principals and school supervisors, associate those who are in education. Only active members shall have a right to vote or hold office. The results of the election follow: Meykeek 174; Anderson 167; Fouse 144, A. S. Wilson was reelected secretary; J. R. Ray treasurer; W. J. Callery historian, and M. J. Sleet reporter. The Spelling Bee. The spelling bee has become one of the most attractive of the competitions among school children and school, and is looked forward to by the people of Kentucky, newspapers playing no small part in bringing about the interest that is now manifest in them. The K. N. E. A. Spelling Bee which brought together champion spellers of the city and count y schools over the state, attracted a crowd that taxed the seating and standing room of the large auditorium of Quinn Chapel long before the hour scheduled by the contest. When Prof. G. H. Brown of Louisville, in charge of the "Bee," called for those who were to compete for the State championship and the first, second and (Continued on page 8)
FATE OF BARD AND FLEMING IN HANDS OF JUDGE DAWSON
Madisonville Officials And Citizens At Petition Hearing
Arguments by John L. Grayot of the counsel representing the officials at Madisonville, Ky., and Clem Huggins for the counsel representing the petitioners for Bard and Fleming last Tuesday evening, closed the hearing before Judge Charles I. Dawson of the Federal court, on the writ of habeas corpus, to determine whether or not the two men who were sentenced to be hanged at Madisonville for an alleged assault upon a white girl, Nell Catherine Breithaupt, on April of last year (and saved at the eleventh hour by Louisville colored people, supported and cooperated with by members of the race over the state, through their attorneys, on the habeas corpus writ issued by Judge Dawson, were given a fair and impartial trial. The hearing took up the whole of Monday and Tuesday, occupied the front pages of daily newspapers and attracted hundreds to the Federal Court room - which included a greater number of colored people whose spirit is that of the thousands of good law abiding citizens of Kentucky who want to see every individual white and black given equal justice before the courts of their state, arrested, tried and sentenced through the due process of law, by officials, jury and judge who are not influenced by a people whose spirit is that of a mob, whether it is displayed in actions or not.
Never in the history of court procedure has the writer seen or heard of a more orderly crowd of [colored?] people, even though many were not able to get into the court, and we have never seen more consideration given colored people in any court than that of Judge Dawson and his court attaches which included Mr. Bridgeford Sims, well known race man, who has been connected with the court since the days of Judge Walter Evans, and on under Judge C. C. Moorman.
Cases of Harris and Merchant Support Circumstances Surrounding Bard and Fleming's Case.
The fight colored people are making that Bard and Fleming may not pay the extreme penalty for the crime charged with until they are proven guilty beyond any reasonable doubt, before as fair and impartial jury as can be had in a community where the mob spirit does not prevail, and fostered by the local N. A. A. C. P. here, with G. P. Hughes, President, Mrs. Bessie Etherly Secretary, Revs. T. Timberlake and J. B. Cox, Vice Presidents, and Dr. J. A. C. Lattimore, A. L. Garvin, W. H. Steward, Wm. Warley and I. Willis Cole, members of the ex-executive committee, and others, not based alone upon circumstances surrounding Bard and Fleming case but trials and results of them at Lexington, Ky., where Ed Harris was speeded to the gallows for an alleged assault upon a white woman, which was not proven, and of Charles Merchant for an assault upon a 11 year old colored school girl, which was not denied, but for which he was declared insane.
All Madisonville Officials and Leading Citizens Here.
The granting of the eleventh hour writ by Judge Dawson, and bringing the hearing before his court here, brought to the city and into court all the high officials of Madisonville and Hopkins county, headed by Judge Laffoon, before whom Bard and Fleming were tried, and about one hundred of the leading citizens, including lawyers, preachers, doctors, business men and a few women, including Beth Hoffman, the clerk of the court. The array of attorneys for the authorities was headed by Mayor M. K. Gordon, who shared with Charles Franklin, attorney, in an examining and cross examining the witnesses. Mayor Gordon, who has often been spoken of as a friend of the race, often referred to colored people as "niggers," not even dropping it out of his expressions out of regard for the Federal Court. This was true of Franklin and also of J. T. Gooch, the prosecuting attorney in the case who was sharply questioned by Judge Dawson as to why Stum, the young fellow who carried the girl out to the dark place at the Country Club was not called upon to identify Bard and Fleming at the proper time. Captain Barnes, another so-called friend of the race, and claiming himself a friend Attorney Walter Robinson of Hopkinsville, referred to his friend as the "nigger" Robinson, when called upon to deny that he had advised Robinson to get out of Madisonville as soon as he could that he might not be molested, etc., as testified to by Attorney Robinson, who was in Modisonville to represent the local N. A. A. C. P. in behalf of Bard and Fleming. He was accompanied by Editor William Warley who, backing up Robinson's testimony, testified that feeling was so high and general conditions were of such because the alleged offense that they found it hard to get a place to stop even among colored people; that when at one place as their identity became known, they were asked to leave by their colored friend and later advised to go to Providence for the night. The weather being bad, they finally found a place out in the city but did not make themselves known. When in the court room by a pass given them, they were advised by a deputy to leave, and with Captain Barnes in charge of the soldiers, who
(Continued on page 8)
Louisville Boy Leads A. U. Team
Frank L. Stanley who is one of the leading athletes of Atlanta University, has been chosen to captain the "Crimson Hurricane" basket-ball team for 1927-1928. Being a clean sport and a hard fighter he was the unanimous choice of his team mates. He is certain to make a good leader. The former Central High School star who came to A. U. just two years ago, is also the alternate captain of the football team. Coming to A. U. as an All State fullback from Kentucky, Stanley made the team his first year in college. For the past season he was picked in several All Southern teams and given "honorable mention" on "Fay" Young's All American. As to his basketball ability Stanley is considered one of the best guards in the South, being an exceptionally good floor man. Stanley is also playing baseball, bids fair to [being?] a three letter man. In short Stanley is just another one of those good athletes that Central High is famous for turning out.
Hartley And Board Of Education Retain Reed; Well Known Friends To The Rescue
E. E. Reed, principal of the Mary B. Talbert School who was suspended by the Board of Education after his arrest in a raid on a house on Seventh Street, with a white woman, was reinstated by Board at its last Monday night's meeting, upon the recommendation of Superintendent Hartley. There was much opposition to the continuing of Reed in the school system, but not knowing of the Monday night meeting, his opposers lost the opportunity of registering their complaint. It is said that the argument by Reed's attorney, Jackson Morris, and the affidavits by several well known citizens and friends of Reed, giving him a clean bill, was the only evidence heard, and there was nothing for the Board to do but reinstate him, with pay for the time he lost during his suspension. Many citizens are indignant over the actions of the Board, notwithstanding the circumstances, and the case is not closed, they say.
A RECORD
AutomobIle And Hundred
Dollars GIVen Away In 4 Year
Meyzeek Wins Out Over Strong Outside Opposition
MadisonvilIe Officials And Citizens At Petition Hearing